2016-08-30 17:39
This game is just AWESOME! If the developers could make more levels I would be sooo happy :) Rate it 11/10
Foon → Ludum Dare Explorer → LD36 → Joey's Adventures
By mato26
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This game is just AWESOME! If the developers could make more levels I would be sooo happy :) Rate it 11/10
Amazing graphics, sounds and polish level, this could easily be published as a full game, provided there is a good amount of nice levels.
It's surprisingly challenging and fast-paced, you need to move quickly in order to see anything. The levels feel a bit confusing though. I couldn't get past the second room for a while, only to push one of the blocks by accident, which opened up the door for me.
Also, there is too much jumping, too narrow pathways, and too little platforms for my taste. The game could also benefit from something like checkpoints, I don't want to do the entire level again after I screw up at the end.
I would also consider zooming the camera out a bit. The limited viewport and the confusing nature of the levels make this game too difficult and somewhat frustrating as a result.
Apart from these things, bloody awesome job!
@mvasko2 First of all, thank you very much for your comment and time looking at our game. We already started with further development. The lack of experiences was reason why we took wrong way of creating levels in the game, which ended up in us creating only 3 levels, thus levels started to be more confusing and much harder then the last one. But now since we are not forced to finish in 72 hours we are going to redo the whole map making system we used. But more about that possibly in the post mortem-y thingy.
Hopefuly we can make levels get harder step by step so they would not be that confusing :) But some indicators for door requirements would be also nice (how many requirements from needed are met). About the checkpoints, there are some basic ones (in the last level) but now that we have time we can play a bit more about this (maybe setting your own on some key press?).
Zooming camera also should not be a problem in the future development.
Once again thank you very much for checking out the game and giving back useful feedback!
I could not make it very far in the game. A suggestion I have would be to not use blind leaps. A platformer must always give a hint as to where you need to go. I kept finding myself leaping into emptiness because I couldn't see how far I needed to jump to land on something solid.
The player controls are fairly responsive, so nice job.
Hey @Aaranos thanks for your feedback! I guess you are refering to the second level. However, there are no blind leaps in the game, at every point in the game you can see platforms where you can jump (of course if you are not out of fire already :D). Have you used S button to look down?
Excellent combination of darkness and funny!
Loved the art and the audio. The mood is really good!
I was a bit confused about some mechanics, because of the lack of informations, but that's absolutely not a problem!
That's a great first try, congratulations :)
Hey, fun game. The graphics are smooth and cute, and the darkness aspect of the game is well done. I didn't know I could double jump until I got stuck and tried mashing space. Nice controls, easy to play - enjoyed the time I spent with it! Cheers.
I liked the feel of the controls but please don't make us do leaps of faiths.
The puzzles are very fun and challenging. This is a very strong LD submission. The graphics and sounds are great too.
@Stending Thank you very much we understand that there is no description about the mechanics other then controls written in menu but to be honest we were happy we finished some rooms before the deadline :D in further development we want to include some tutorial levels at the beginning to show controls.
@Culturebosh_games Thank you for your time :) we are happy you enjoyed it :D
@Hero7785 I know it's not shown in the game itself but it's possible to look down with S button, so you can see platforms :). Actually it's always possible to see platforms to jump (at least from somewhere and while your torch is still not dead :D )
@Elit3dGaming Oh! Thank you very much :) really appreciate your time spent in the game :) and we are happy you liked the puzzles, they can be a bit confusing but we'll work on it! :)
Thank you guys :)
I really like it. Good gameplay. Nice graphics and sounds. Good work! :)
A well polished game! Gameplay felt quite simple but solid. Love the art and music. Shame there aren't more levels
Very nice platformer and use of light mechanic!
Hey, cool entry there! The art and sounds go well all together. The fact that the light of the torch goes smaller and smaller as it burns down is great touch to the game!
Just one thing that could help to improve the game in my opinion, would be to change the movement of the character from wasd to the arrows keys, because at the moment you're like playing with only one hand, and I feel like with the arrow keys it would help to coordinate better the movements and interactions. :)
@burjandedy thank you :)
@Fidrik yeah, we unfortunately started with level design in a wrong way thus we've been able to finish just 3 of them and even that felt unrealistic at some point. However we are going to redo the whole system and start making levels from scratch so there will be a lot more coming :) Thank you we are happy you enjoyed the game and art :)
@MewSoul Cool! That sounds cool to me :) we'll bring either full arrow keys support or option to choose between wsad and arrows (probably option to choose which one you feel like using) in the future :) with much more levels of course :D
Wow very cool game
Fun platformer game, the torch really add some tension !
The art is great !
I got lost many times on 2nd level though
Good job :)
Very well done! Controls, and animations were all spot on.
Second level was confusing for a while.
The torch as a timer/mechanic was a really nice touch.
I really like it, but I can't get over the controls.
Why space jump with wasd?
why not arrow keys and action and jump on left?
Or at least an option?
That's just a pet peave of mine as I actually rarely play games with wasd controls (arcade game and shmup player)
The game is great, especially the music and sound design, but I just can't get over the control.
Probably just because my left hand has awful coordination, though :)
@TerraCottaFrog Thank you :) this is not the first time we got this point so we will add option to choose your controls :) Thank you for your feedback! And also, we are happy you enjoyed the sounds :)
It's clear you put a lot of effort in to this. Well done. I was able to get all of the treasures but couldn't find the last switch for the last door!
@ErikU little hint :) do you remember how you opened the second doors in the game? :)
A solid entry which I like. Nice aesthetic and pretty mood. Well done ++
Nice entry, very atmospheric, nice graphics. I think if the player wasn't so slippery it would be a winner.
Well done.
@g12345 Hah, yea, he is god damn slippery, or well, he was :) we are working on post ld release and in those builds we have he is already normal when it comes to slipping :) Thanks for your time! :)
Some of the platforming was a little difficult, I actually got stuck when a block fell in front of me (and I had to restart the entire level). I loved the torch mechanic, it implements a certain amount of urgency without a visible clock timer.
Nice entry overall, the graphics gameplay and music were all good, and the level design really seems good as well, with more levels could be a good full game.
The starting torch burns a little fast, and the platforming difficulty might be a little high tough.
Other than that, many small touches i like, like the artifacts you collected displayed in the menu, and the music really fits the atmosphere of the game, kinda reminded me of something halfway between the first turok and crash bandicoot.
Well done :)